MacMost Newsletter Issue #731 for January 5, 2023

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Should You Use Microsoft Office or Apple Apps on Your Mac?

Do you need to purchase and use Microsoft Office? Free Apple apps like Pages and Numbers are good alternatives to Word and Excel. But some people may still be better off buying Microsoft Office and having both sets of apps available.
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Creating Keyboard Shortcuts To Launch Apps

You can use the Shortcuts app to create very simple Shortcuts to launch apps. You can then assign a keyboard shortcut to that and now launch or switch to that app with a single key press. Add as many as you like for quick access to your most-used apps.
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Clearing Only Values From Numbers

Here's a simple(ish) script that will look at your selection in Numbers and clear out only cells with number values. It will leave formulas and text alone. Apparently Excel users have this, but there's no easy way to do it in Numbers. If you take this script and put it in a Shortcut, it can be just as easy to do in Numbers though.

Clean Up Your Mac’s Dock

Take the time to clean up and customize your Dock to improve your productivity. These 10 tips are quick and easy to do.
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Shortcuts Deep Into System Settings

There are a variety of ways you can get directly to specific Mac settings without needing to launch the System Settings app and search for the particular section. You can use the Dock or Spotlight to get to places. You can also create Shortcuts that can then be in the Menu Bar or assigned to a keyboard shortcut.

9 Safari Search Tips

Learn how to use search results SnapBack, search on just one site, find text on web pages and much more.
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MacMost Shorts This Week

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The Tech Enthusiast Hour Podcast: Predictions for 2023

AI chatbots, VR glasses, self-driving cars, social media fragmentation, and much more. Subscribe at iTunes...

MacMost Recommendations

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